The Legend of N Level Names

Wacky, informative, hilarious, thought-provoking, bizarre and just plain weird level names are a long-standing tradition in the N universe. It began in the early days of 2004, when production on the first N levels was drawing to a close. It started with Mare and Raigan trying to make each other laugh, and just sort of blossomed from there.

Level names are an opportunity to lovingly reference our favourite games, tv shows, movies, people, books, artwork, animals and phrases, and allow us to geek out and really embrace our love of bad puns, nerdy subject matter, helpful gameplay tips, and general personality. That's our gift to you.

For Metanet Software, naming levels in games is also an easy and fun way to keep things interesting. When you're making and repeatedly testing hundreds of levels often under severe time restrictions, you need something to keep yourself sane. Have we succeeded? You be the judge -- the complete list of N and N+ level names to date can be found starting at about the middle of this page. Enjoy! :)


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Contesque 1
Contesque 2
Level Names


SUBLiME

Because we love our fans so much, we decided to hold a contest for N v1.4 in which submitted levels would be considered for inclusion in N. The successful submissions comprise the 80s column in N. This contest was the precursor to N+'s the SUBLiME.



N+ features a ton of fan-made content provided by fans of the original game, N. We held a contest-like event in summer 2007, called SUBLiME, in which fans were invited to submit their best levels which we would then play and include the best of in N+. Fans of N got to try their hand at wacky level naming, too! Read more about SUBLiME here.
Contesque 1

July 23, 2008 saw the release of PDLC0, the first N+ level pack. For 200 points, this pack features 150 easier single player levels and 50 coop multiplayer. Read more about the N+ DLC here.

We held a Contesque to celebrate the launch of the level pack, which you can read more about here. This contesque was all about level names. After explaining which level names would never appear in N+ XBLA PDLC0, we showed a little insight into the etymology of 24 XBLA level names:

Contesque 1: Level Names
The Fakes are highlighted in Red:


01. west enderson

A combination of "west end" and "wes anderson"; west end is a popular end of London, England, and Wes Anderson is a fantastic director of great movies. Also players move through the level from east to west / left to right.

02. tread on my dreams

The tread series of N+ levels includes "I'd rather be tread", among others; the basic idea is to copy or evoke a phrase which uses the word tread, or a word that rhymes with tread. Levels in the tread series visually resemble tire treads.

03. the hammer of not bickering

A quote from the movie "Mystery Men" which we at Metanet find funny. There are a lot of good lines in that movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132347/quotes

04. blue mineys

A reference to the blue meanies from the Beatles' Yellow Submarine movie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Meanies_%28Yellow_Submarine%29), and also refers to the way that, in the level, zap drones (which are blue) are fulfilling the function that mines tend to.

05. the grayzor mountains

A reference to one of Metanet's favourite Penny Arcade comics, featuring Mr. Period: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/11/03/. Hilarious! The level also features mountain shapes, and is, of course, gray.

06. out of the blue 3

Preceeded by 'out of the blue 1 and 2', this series features zap drones hidden behind bounceblocks, which appear from out of the blue -- well, sort of. Also, they're blue, so it's sort of like the blue out of something... anyway, it made sense at the time.

07. your ninja is in another castle

A classic phrase referencing one of everyone's favourite games, Super Mario Bros. for the NES.

08. ranks a rot

A possibly-Scooby-Doo-related phrase which has recently grown in popularity but which is pretty dumb, unfunny, and just plain not good enough. It won't get past the quality control filters here at Metanet!


09. I am comin’ to kill ya

A quote from Simpsons episode 9F22, Cape Feare: http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/simpsons/season5/thesimpsons-502.htm "slowly and painfully" -- though for the ninja, it's more like quickly and painfully ;)

10. sudden valley

A reference to Arrested Development, one of both Mare and Raigan's favourite TV series'. "Salad dressing. But I don't really want to eat it." http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367279/quotes It is also a reference to the level's tileset.

11. supercalifragilisticexpialidoc-N

Though we are fond of emphasizing the N in level names, such as "N-diana Jones", "brain N-eurysm" and "obsessio-N", we don't throw in "N" where it doesn't belong. Plus, this level name would have been preposterously long!


12. the hills are, uh, live

A reference to "The Sound of Music", mainly based on the commonly-known phrase "The Hills Are Alive", rather than a fondness for the source. The level features electric gates placed on top of the level's tiles, which are arranged so as to evoke hills. Hence, they're "live" in an electrical sense.

13. 88 gates

A reference to Queasy Game "Gate 88", which is awesome. This level features a whole bunch of electric gates.

14. billesque

Newsradio (a great TV series) reference: http://evilzero.com/NewsRadio/dave.htm. One of a series also including "billilicious" and "billbastic".

15. N-KOTB

Metanet doesn't like NKOTB, not now, and not when either party was in grade 5 or whenever the group debuted. Of course, if you didn't magically know that, you were pretty well screwed with this one as there are no other hints.


16. ninja’s first suicidal lust for gold

A level in a series of "ninja's firsts" which includes "walljump", "descent" and "set of safety pits". These levels tend to introduce a concept to the player.

17. superliminal monument

The superliminal series is long standing, extending to the very first versions of N. The tiles in this series reference N, N+ and the Metanet logo very obviously, hence "super-"liminal rather than "sub-".

18. what are we doing to pigs?

A one-off from "The Daily Show", a TV show we at Metanet enjoy a good deal. This segment had a completely amazing, very memorable themesong. This level features an approximation of a pig's silhouette from the logo for the McPork, which we saw in Japan at TGS last year. So funny.

19. subliminal 2

There is a series of the "super-"liminial, but never "sub-". We're just not that subtle here at Metanet ;)


20. little lost robot

a reference to an Isaac Asimov short story. His work is fondly re-read every few years around here. This level features a tileset illustrating a robotic face.

21. level in the shape of male reproductive organs

Too controversial, would never pass the censors. Funny thing is, we did name a level this, just for fun, but thought the better of it before officially submitting. That level is now called "anatomy of a level".


22. ninja: impossible

One of two suggested "better" titles for N+ by a player on the Xbox forums. The other was "ninja school". We thought they deserved mention :)

23. Droids ‘B’ Us

A reference to the classic game Space Quest 1. Such a good game, although we hated the frequent, instant deaths -- is that irony?

24. the new star wars trilogy is AWESOME

No, it's not.


25. ocho!

A popular catchphrase around Metanet's office, for no real reason. Or many. It's hard to tell sometimes.

26. "going next door"

A reference to "Spaced", a British TV series we thought was great fun, and very well written. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Spaced In the series, it is a euphemism for death, which is of course very appropriate for N+.

27. his name is N

A popular misconception. No, it's not. The ninja is without gender, and N refers to "the way of the ninja", not to the ninja.


28. gauss darn it

A "hilarious" pun ("gosh" darn it). This level features a gauss turret, hence the name. We like puns!

29. Level 5, Detention Block AA-23

A "Star Wars" reference, but not to one of those new prequel crap-fests -- a reference to the classic, original series, or as it is also known, the only series that really exists.

30. the grass is always grayer on the other side

Wordplay based on the common phrase "the grass is always greener on the other side" -- we replace colours in common phrases with "gray" a lot, as in "somewhere over the graynbow", "all the leaves are gray, and the sky is gray", and many more.

31. life support, for real this time

Life Support is a level from the N+ original Co-Op levels we intended to be a lot harder than it is -- clever players found shortcuts. We challenge you to find them in this one!

32. electric jellyfish

A level from the built-in levels in N+. So this was sort of a trick -- it won't appear in N+ PDLC0 because it has already been used. Gotcha!
Contesque 2

September 10, 2008 saw the release of PDLC1, the second N+ level pack. For 200 points, this pack features 150 harder single player levels, 50 race multiplayer and 25 survival multiplayer levels. Read more about the N+ DLC here.

We held a Contesque to celebrate the launch of this level pack as well, which you can read more about here. This contesque was all about the references in level names, or really about the references which are not in level names found in Level Pack #2. These contesques are quite silly, but provide a little insight into how we at Metanet spend our time when we're not working. Here are the level names we did and did not reference:

Contesque 2: Level Name References

Level names are listed below each correct reference.
The Fakes are highlighted in Red:


01. 30 Rock
werewolf barmitzvah

02. Arrested Development
a series of escalating dares
hop-ons

03. Barkley, Shut up and Jam: Gaiden
post-cyberpocalypse

04. Batman

05. Blade Runner
tyrell 2

06. Cromartie High School
mechazawa

07. Futurama
wangle a new dangle on life

08. Ghost in the Shell
motoko

09. Halo

10. Metal Slug
rocket lawn chairs

11. Monty Python's Flying Circus
crelm toothpaste
the larch

12. Mystery Men
i knew you'd know i'd know you knew

13. News Radio
I WILL BURY YOU!!!
bill-bastic
fonebone's follies
me no like

14. Nintendo Wii
please securely fasten the controller wrist strap

15. Peggle

16. Quake
ziggurat vertigo

17. Robocop

18. Saturday Night Live
the pen is mightier

19. Star Wars: A New Hope
don't get cocky
if gold is all that you love, then that's what you'll receive
you needn't worry about your reward
no reward is worth this
attacking that battle station ain't my idea of courage

20. Star Wars: Episode I

21. Strange Adventures in Infinite Space
strange adventures in finite patience

22. Terminator 2
skynet chip prototype

23. The Hills

24. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
the total perspective vortex

25. The Mighty Boosh
the mighty boosh

26. The Princess Bride
to blave

27. Turbo-grafix 16

28. Wolfenstein 3D
mein lieben!



And now, the main event, the great lists of level names. Click the links below to jump to that section.

N levels
N+ XBLA built-in levels
N+ XBLA PDLC 0 levels
N+ XBLA PDLC 1 levels
N+ XBLA PDLC 2 levels

The great list of N Level Names

the motherlode
cloud city
all about thwumps
"the box, the box!"
lockness
cavern
like happy little puppies
little dipper
slides
steps
square stairs
shaft..s
who's sick of thwumps?
chasm
(don't) go for the gold
burgertime
platformpuzzle
rise over run
deosil
blast doors
room full of gold
factory
wall jump frenzy
the long way
curvaceous
trench run
bamboo forest
filthy tramps
pac ninja
castle/basement
artifact 2
industrial zone
space battle
pagoda-ish
the gauntlet
vertworld
step lightly
hunted
mainframe
rocket arena
attractor
plan plan plan
artifact
cloud city 2
gauss arena
launch pad arena
complex
dodgem
industrial zone 2
keep on tryin'
long jump
hold it
don't look down
ditched
balcon
frogger
cityscape 2
strata
mod
superliminal
simpleton
les islots A
pyramined
you'll die if you try
lowrise
acrophobe
cloud city 3
cliffhanger
crosshairs
leap of faith 2
revolute
bunker
fool's gold
the two towers
industrial zone 3
artifact 3
hunted 2
crypt
picturesque
mined over madder
shaftastic
hallowed
stimpack
judgement call
ndiana jones
armoury
timing
cache
longest yard
hanger
change the channel marge
lucy in the sky
pit of dispair
bgarth
la matrice
superliminal 2
les islots B
highest height
the shaft
quad damage
get down
nexus
deku
descent
surf
bulbous
alien skate park
greedo
evac
I love gold
tunnels
spelunking
sumo
faces
pathmatics
unsuperimpossible
npunzel
lab
choose your own
sarlac
pity
hide and seek
viaduct
bare-hunting
pitcher plant
deep freeze
aux terminal
leap of faith
rocket run
slippery slope
haste
claustro
stick the landing
constructive
industrial zone 4
isthmus
outpost
flightpath
suicide mission
agonizing
domestic disturbance
covered
plummet
death star
bespin
crossfire
hounds
skating the edge
bomb shelter
patrol
delicate
barba
breathing room
blockhead
jag
deco
choisir
permission to die
rashomon
n-tropy
hunted redux
upc
mimetic
mazemerizing
multipath
perpendiculous
suspended
stratego
veenamos snikes
soar
cushy job
globular dynamics
go for self
system core
fugitive
crag
piece of the cake
research facility
superliminal 3
monument
neural net
data base
np complete
planding makes plerfect
gun dream
scud
fallout
shell game
cubish
exploit
interdictor
alone and easy target
assembly line
ternary
stress test 1
prismatic bezel
deliverator
crabbed and claw-like
tower of long mistakes ext.
tower of long mistakes int.
brinks
blepharitis
orbital station
mine-ox
tensor
plateau
sawtooth
dicey
station
grudge match
tri again
electric avenue
gothic
ctf_death
blame yourself
eruptive
evolve
caterpie
evac 2
rob n hood
phospholipid bilayer
reticle
easier than pie
your wit is a hindrance
superliminal 4
blern!
inca
tooth skin
manimal lust
skeksis
glutny
adrenachrome
desolated
shootist
scramble
flubitis
cacti
said skills
insurmountable
daunting
dance
daredevil
stasis
control
rage-ohol
value system
sanctum
deceptive
cagey
fury
a space oddessy
blue ridge corporate center
cave-man jimmy
sands of time
spite
strive
DNAw yeah!
it's a trap
stalag might
the lowest highest point
citydefender
shark's in the water.. our shark.
pillory
think different
patience
black black
ender
zalem
disembark
ruined
chevron belt
chomplor
it's not pharaoh
iron clad _what_ of steel?!
kessel
the ringer
highdive
deathtrap
knifedge
for the love of gold
gattaca
escapades
docking mechanism
mantissa
rorschach
secondary relay
superliminal 5
heuristic algorithmic
stronghold
scaffold
hooligan status
dilated
misstep
stress test 2
hazardous
wtf?!
scrumtrulescent
the enrage-o-tron
stalag tight
n-ervous breakdown
boo-urns
shark sandwich
the spoon doesn't even exist
zappa
platitude
strugs
chickeny
dendrite
diagony 1
oldschool like aztecs but new in other aspects
mount nermal
chambre
sufficient conditions
squared
whomping
gas balls
sphere of existence
comms
scamper
diagony 2
lax A
chunnel
shelled
phase III
carbonite
n-trapment
pride cometh
nautilus
a clockwork lemon
son of pit of despair
avalon
phase II
system shock
graduated kill-inder
conniption fit
lax B
phase IV
smismar
flying circus
sibilant s
skelly
cognition
junction
crampon
paroxysm
tricksy
necessary conditions
apoplexy
frisk
slippery trip hazard
hampered
w00tTeen74
constellation
clung
phase I
mux
pop quiz, hotshot
mick jagged
primary reactor
solaar
escarpment
twitch city
telemetry
glynis
groglinated
around the world in 80 ways
frantic
chamber of sneakrets
pokeyman
persnickety
the incredible lightness of being frustrated
concealed
rush
acrimony
zenith
rational
babel
waydowntown
serenity now
bifurcation
skipper
peaked
splickens
the many
the clamps
spitfire
enclave
workshop
study
therapists
momentous
craterrific
fodder
breen district
slitherin
tantalizing
piqued
surprise
systematic
beach head
Jumping up the Valley ( Eli )
Prisoner ( rrrobyp )
Inhabitate ( gabby_drummer )
Full Circle ( Brickman )
Pipes ( Lancer0 )
I aint paying no landing fee ( Ninja )
Errored screen ( Edziu_Kosiara )
Ramshackle Shelves ( Echarin )
8-pack ( nnnnoah )
sky = Limit ( HeartView )
Leap of Faith ( Castaway )
hive jinks ( newt )
Longest ( LouDog004 )
Lysis ( stepself )
Hieroglyphics ( holy_trinity / Lartsa )
Gold'N Waffle ( AlliedEnvy )
Genie in a bottle ( Crono )
Up Down ( maximo )
Bricklayer ( xRyuenjinZeroEX )
Between a Rock and a Hard Place ( Maniak )
opposing forces ( coldcut )
Coalition ( LittleViking001 )
The Mooney Suzuki ( chimneysweep )
Angular ( maximo )
Simplistic Confusion ( makron )
NoEnemies02 ( MacrossDreams )
pegboard ( foxhunter )
jagged ( Musicwumusic )
Dodging Bullets ( SquidgY )
Claustrophobia3 ( holy_trinity / Ande )
Bouncy Blast ( Snarker )
n ultra 64 ( Daddaluma )
Simplistic ( Kablizzy )
Pressed for Time ( Lucidium )
Platformula ( Sendy )
Trap ( Tonito )
Differences ( Rahl )
Mitosis ( Sharpie-Love )
remedy ( Atramentis / nine )
High Tech ( Lancer0 )
Counterweight ( maximo )
Twisted ( Killisk )
Platforms ( HeartView )
Allegiance ( Nambio )
Mother Thumping Impossible ( blue_tetris )
something ( extremedave )
golden touch ( prodigal_cowboy )
chainlink ( stepself )
Entice ( tktktk )
Mount Doom ( maximo )
self-inflicted
zeb rah
subterranean homesick golds
chicken bock
extremely cross
quicky
unfinished business
shine on, you crazy diamond
jinx malloy
blastphemy
below the root
dead ringer
baldercrap
slurmy slonka
righty tighty, lefty loosey
the death aquatic
fifth column
crazappy
the pit and the n-dulum
elementary nguin
ingress
stem
pylon
lest is more
rough around the edges
bang
grand prix
options
the blurst of times
professor bojangles, esquire
plus mine-s
you know where you stand in a hellhole
allsorts
gazizza my dilsnoofus
back and forth
the long and winding road that leads to your death
n-key kong
beware of the leopard
things that go thwump in the night
superliminal 6
grind
mo' mentum
unsafe at any speed
it is a most elusive fish
quantum n-tanglement
elevator to heck
explosivo
slurms mackenzie
the jaws of death
thwump you very much
N+ XBLA carries on the great N tradition of hilarious and intriguing level names. Here's the complete list for your enjoyment! How many references can you name?

The great list of N+ XBLA (built-in) Level Names

-- SP --
who dat ninja
baby steps
MCs you suck
bunker down
things that make you go boom
learning to fly
ninja's first walljump
under the sea
sabot-n-der
stop all the downloadin
jump at the gold: momentum building
walljump around
the jackpot
the jeezly
do it yourself
jump at the gold 2: slope to wall
comlink
moses supposes
heck sick
over the hills, over the dell, over the fireline
wait for it..
broke n hearted
trench warfare
the thing that only eats ninjas
downtown rush hour
urban sherpa
a little patience
choose your own misadventure
vertical theory
timing 101
one jump to rule them all
what the deuce?!
heap sort
xenopool
mincome arcology
slick
all the leaves are grey, and the sky is grey
the old run n' jump
Lucys in a Pie with Spices (by Red Reamer [Kashkin])
bullish on gold
bounceblocks can launch you
a neural net processor
avro lancaster
corridor
deep grey sea
pontifex
quite quietly quaint, in a quaintly quiet, sort of quietly quaint way
run really fast!
Triangle Launch (by Jeremy Welch)
medical wing
stimulant
all-terrain flow
Ninja In The City (by Anthony Avvento)
take the easy way out
daring do
fleet feet
superstructured
lick
Circles (by -GC-Phoenix)
reverse claymore
tumble
superliminal X
starscreams
stippled hallway
step on a crack, break your ninja's back
funjtables
tenacious Ts
sudden death
boundish
bluffs
slice of life
quantic
mortal pong
electric jellyfish
master control
leapy
one of those days
pure gold
PRESS START (by Triple T)
suspended animation
pale grey sky
solitaire
rotor
goldaholics anonymous
upstream
effervescence
feeding time
snaggy cleft
interior node
QBk (by TornadoTK)
beta rate
out of the blue 2
building up
repetitive stress injury
shasta
softly
elegant
gapper
I'd rather be tread
Mines (by lord_day)
unstable
plus sizes
particulate
hatcher
over the sand, over the plan, over the empire
cyclone A
abandoned facility
router
THROWN (by Dylan)
mugen
get well soon lappy!
back to school
rippled
mr. softener
Arco Arena (by Nexx) (changed to: Our Co-Arena)
MCP
fear is the mind-killer (changed to: fear is the mined killer)
ode to a small lump of green putty
chakra
Trapped! (by Dustin (Sgt. Poptarts))
there's no i in teamocil..
hustle
a symmetry
Forsaken (by Nexx)
paper thin walls
vitamin yay
quoil
superliminal++
short round
fields, endless fields..
superliminal+
moot
salazar
the sum of all numbers
sun is shining (by Triple T)
maw
cyclone B
box-shaped heart
the boxer
don't fear the reaper (changed to: do not fear the reaper)
high water line
evanescence
spossible
Assimilation (by Mike DeAngelis (martyr))
hulk slogan
don't pull a boner (changed to: don't pull a [censored])
system core
consumer
monster faces (by jph wacheski)
you can't take it with you
somewhere over the greynbow
postmod
glutney
pipe dream
up and over
illusory
rhetorical device
out of the blue
escalator to hell
manimal lust 2: return of the franchise
babied steps
that's why they call it gold
majestic
a deadly game of chess
cutting in
leaps and bounds
Grilled Eel Guts (by jph wacheski)
wiggle
contra
thank the glord
dashed hopes
the office
In Soviet Russia, N Plays You (by Eeyore)
strive
stuck in traffic
subsidiary reactor
neuroscan
it's not a race. oh wait, it is.
super buck jazz (by Aju)
like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind
hunted micro
trekker
wavering
memories of kobe
Plue (by maximo)
you might be on B squad
quixotic
alignment
you better stay away, or you're gonna pay. listen to what i say.
sideway elevators (by Zawatsky)
fracas
A Hail Of Gunfire (by deathAbat7X)
concentric
exit strategy
thwart hog
onomatopaella
crawling walls
rooftop
unadulterated A
Advanced Robotics (by tktktk)
chipset
industrial zone X
propellorhead
Eclectic (by Kablizzy)
coming down is the hardest thing
take several pills
the crucible
the machine
i am a rhombus, i plod around like dough
a daring daylight raid
aitch
death by misadventure
the valley of the shadow
lickety quick
hexactly
like a phox
spring training
cyclic redundancy
the name of the rose
We're all voyeurs. Let them watch. (by Echarin)
insectifuge
twice round
old western (by frogs)
twinkle twinkle little gold
natty flow
sucks to your asmar
ever upward
Retribution (by Infernus)
boom
requiem for a ninja
the child out of wedlock
killswitch
trench run 2
exposed faces
Assault on the Great Fork Wall (by maximo)
there for the taking
pain lane
the abyss
trance gate
the return of forever
amortized
the hidden fortress
easy doesn't do it
don't lose it now
pinched
accelera
who knew drones moved with such agonizing sloth?
access tunnel
a maze zing race
the ultimate


-- SP UNLOCKABLE --
gotta cacciatore 'em all
funnely
trope
rush job
downtime
laccolith
straylight axis
b-cakes
underground agent
zapatista (changed to: zap happy)
misunderestimated
pear-shaped
totally skewed
the slip up
the tester
inch by inch
deathtrap
stantastic
by will alone
ziggurat vertigo
recurring nightmare
a perfectly cromulent word
solar power
victory lap
damned if you do
the mumps
stratagem
wall to wall
subterfuge
praise the lorg
a steadily decreasing chance of survival
unhealthy deathstyle
superliminal fortress
obsessio-n
traction
trick question
the last straw
the classic
starfire
watch your step
defunct
metaphysical
asterisking your asterisk
force majeure X
central processing
brain slugs
unadulterated B
brain n-eurysm
pattern recognition
robot heaven


-- CO-OP --
acrobatic
do not taunt happy fun ball
decoy
everyone loves a cave
scention
pee-pee soaked heck-hole (changed to: yet another level name removed by corporate censors)
gangster boogie
dig it
the blue-gray whale
central processing unit
981
perfect cane weather
fangface
extra credit
pressurizer
diagon ally
oh you mean this gate key
laser tag
spinning class
the waiting game
there goes my hero
entice
cooperation, working together (dig it)
slaughterhouse 4
skill-testing question
sandworms
get the thwump outta here!
anglene
challengeru benderu
baited breath
artist's statement
dana skilly
rectilinear
hurry jodie get there
ringu
parallel universe
part-ay!
citadel
rien ne va plus
life support
clog in the torso chute
descent into madness
the buddy system
co-ordinateur
intertwined
sweet ride
take it in turns
spectacular failure
bleed in your own light
desperate


-- RACE --
up to the future
polka, dot?
don't look up
sage vs. badger
nice climbers
risk vs reward
honey tree
anglers
the big not-so-easy
downhill stroll
the persistence of viscera
launch window
sdrawkcab
double grey diamond
drone surfing
hanging gardens
dr. doom vs. megatron
mortal coil
bitten
take the last train to thwumpville
retribution
hobbes vs. minou
blue screens of death
split-second decision
the big V
jumpettes
nermal vs. bean
scrappy
speedrunner
the thing that only eats losers
downhill slalom
sisu
rounders
gaps
pits of despair
down to the future
de vermis mysteriis
hypnotoad
DOA
chaos practice
overtake
coprocessor
apres you
jidai geki
strugs
daunting
postcarious
chomplor
skyfires
against the flow


-- SURVIVAL --
death by puppy
Outferno
slipgate complex
brownian motion
drop-in
a midsummernight's terror
snuff box A
caseless
headspace
spinal bonkers
Knee-Deep in the Bread
burning chrome
blue-grey cross
platforming
disrecognized space
cinema studies
minish
lockout 1
fundulating walls
release the hounds!
cakeholes
one who raids tombs
movin on up
how do they prevent against thieves?
assisted suicide
hypnotic
interference pattern
1.21 gigawatts?!
connected components
shoot the moon
Stores of Hell
banburismus technique
slotted ice-breaker
lemming run
snuff box B
Thy Flesh Costumed
superfly
matrices
stumbleine
the lorg taketh away
panic chamber
splash and grab
the reason you broke your controller
death by murder
DO NOT WANT
hungry, hungry ninjas
lunch time
strongbox
say when
fast tracker
The great list of N+ XBLA Level Pack 1 Level Names

-- SP --
to all those stuck on "Master Control"
also: to avoid losing progress, exit to main menu after playing.. sry!!
p.s: if you get stuck, just move to a different column!
tube-it hack
8-bit canyon
a taste of things to come
fault lines
games are art
i can has goldz?
even my grandmother can beat this level
flavanoids
mechanically separated ninja meat
block party
ninja's first descent
ineffective patrol scheme
on the back of the great ninjasaurus
classic mac gaming days
just press and hold A repeatedly.. build that momentum!
hot tip: avoid the mines
outrun
pulse width 1
little lost robot
I hope that someone gets my ninja in a bottle
obstacle cores
pre-frontal brobe
tri tri again
level in the shape of male reproductive organs (changed to: anatomy of a level)
ninja: impossible
ninja's first set of safety pits
in the depths of the Slor
think of it as a challenge
let's hope the giant bees are on vacation
ninja's first temptation
billesque
Droids 'B' Us
ninja's first loop
the harlots of my perils
madeleino
modus pwnens
ninja school
NO JUMPING!
ninja's first balancing act
ninja's first race
just keep moving
ninja's first challenge
ninja's first thwumping
ninja's first digital waveform
ethanography
west enderson
it's more scared of you than you are of it
pulse width 2
shadow cabinet
ninja's first whatever the hell that is
red rings of death
ninja's first tight squeeze
ninja's first suicidal lust for gold
slot it
radio shock box
four giant leaps
slow nerve action
im in ur level stealin ur goldz
jumpin jiminy jilikers!
slice of death
bill-a-licious
out of the blue 3
unstable
blue mineys
pillule
serpico
blocked
shake that eye's hand
a precipice for disaster
superliminal monument
smartbomb
hairpin turns
old-school like a sysop in high-tops
all that glitters
interstellar job
jumping the sharks
raiders of the lost yark
the grayzor mountains
what are we doing to pigs?
the old runny-jumpy
slick interment
chuffed?
tri tri again, again
dizzy spell
ocho!
ninja's first chimney climb
ninja's first conveyor belt
intruder alert
o gymru
up and around
stung
the duuutch
remain calm
gold to the last drop
laying in wait
pokey pit
fort cut
didactic ascent
underground storage facility
aziraphale
scarless
figure ocho
self-serve
"going next door"
Keen Attacks Fribbulus Xax
precariarity
minute adjustments
zap branagan
sneak theif
Hootie McNoob
flight plan
fort awesome
dr. spaceman
ziggy
darting
the pie is also a lie
out of the blue 4
..and yet so far.
there goes the neighborhood
tread on my dreams
FLICK
grindhouse
round and round
squarez
sudden valley
knot funny
dances with rockets
ninja's first control problem
union jackson
unsafe passage
asterisky
death by misadventure
ramen brother
the hills are, uh, live
density
gauss darn it
shut it down
a swift ascent
preschool of hard knocks
thumb-twister
your ninja is in another castle
Please Sir, can I not have another?
splash damage
Level 5, Detention Block AA-23
a sinister undercurrent
honeydripper
all your base are belong to their respective owners

-- CO-OP --
meat helmets
my hero
low overhead
business as usual
help
the hammer of not bickering
forage whitaker
equality
squirrel nut zappers
peril.. 'elo? blam!!
my iron lungs
ninja popcorn
which Friends alum starred in films with Bruce Willis?
epic squigglies
the grass is always grayer on the other side
spiral arms
stay awesome
pity the fool
climbing buddy
heroics
army of two to four
88 gates
drawing fire
mirror image
life support, for real this time
until we meet again
conduit
a tale of two ninjas
don't even kid yourself
who let the drones out?
tunnel rats
hermano
target lock
teamsters
the blame game
synchroninjas
flip and multiplay
mazy mazerino
bottled lightning
n it together
togetherness
as fast as you can
double dipping
I am comin' to kill ya
the friendship tester
bring a friend
khaaaaaaaan!
save the best for last
two ninjas are better than one
death march
The great list of N+ XBLA Level Pack 2 Level Names

-- SP --
duty cycle 1
a bit gold-fashioned
they're not so bad
dipsy doodle
I WILL BURY YOU!!!
werewolf barmitzvah
ninja's first rush job
twice removed
mechazawa
superliminal futura
stay the course
moving target
modus tallens
asymptote
tip of the hat
the fundamentals
glutton for punishment
walking the cake
don't get cocky
escape velocity
scary
checkmate
rocket lawn chairs
take it or grieve it
heavy aliasing
gold-timey platforming
tailigater
fear of flying
to blave
spinning class
digital distortion
underwhelmed, if that's a word
security grid
lucky wander boy
tantalizingly irresistible
crossfader
wangle a new dangle on life
gold rushed
bill-bastic
smoked
the art of negotiation
rather cross
prescience
spot the differences
blockworks
remedial jumping
return trip
windswept
hop-ons
rotary club
stepping out
integument
post-cyberpocalypse
Carmack's reverse (patented by Creative Labs)
the other matrix
a warped mind
hits from the bang
if gold is all that you love, then that's what you'll receive
improv
hard sync
skew this!
tyrell 2
the pen is mightier
the minerals
the tenderizer
simplicity itself
the kibosh
fetch quest
the upward spiral
And now, young ninja, you _will_ die.
vestibule
breath control
serrated
adjust launch vector
glord have mercy
broken-back mountain
sproing!
front page of the n00bspaper
perp
the mighty boosh
duty cycle 2
decoder ring
strange adventures in finite patience
crunch time
the almighty lorg
efficacy
control freak
able to leap tall robots in a single bound
the seven gates of heck
face your fears
crelm toothpaste
iller than the iliad
two trick pony
life after deaths
return trap
the reach
near-death experiences
interlocking
please securely fasten the controller wrist strap
practice makes pluperfect
trick shot
buzzbomb
don't just stand there
101 damnations
legends of the fall
critical path
pinacle
hidey holes
shenaniganism
deathophobia
how high
way she goes
you needn't worry about your reward
harried
dip down
shave + haircut
hurtls
the punisher
great expectorations
cyberspaced
where ninjas fear to tread
runoff
floating fortress
ziggurat vertigo
no reward is worth this
two for flinching
courriel
based on a true story
jumping through hoops
the widowmaker
smattering
fonebone's follies
one heck of a ride
intimidation
pussyfooting
attacking that battle station ain't my idea of courage
brain n-bolism
recurrence relation
your second-worst nightmare
the lorg knows
the wave
a false sense of security
leap before you look
the mangler int.
the larch
balancing act
i knew you'd know i'd know you knew
me no like
jumping someone else's train
lull fortress


-- RACE --
chasey pt 1
mech worms
skip to my queue
mine field
the cutoff
alarmingly thwumpy
clambering
who remembers the jumping tutorial?
your n00b is showing
expendable
optical delusion
biphase
don't fall in
a series of escalating dares
the total perspective vortex
like a circle in a spiral
gotcha
dipper
eyes on the prize
deep breaths
rhombosis
race to the top
over the top
river run
treadmills
saturation
swarm weather
grinder
eye beam
mein lieben!
chasey pt 2
mizzen master
racearoni
triple threat
apres you
escalating risk
grad duel
coated
pillory
moving sidewalk.. of death!
vicious cycles
incomplete was your training
motoko
strive
straight to the top
subosc
robot dance party
lithium-ionized
cracked
stop and go traffic


-- SURVIVAL --
bamboo battle
honeycomb
softshoe
skynet chip prototype
rock it
hdot ttat
foray
tension
bounds
hallway to hell
major threat
skill-testing question X
confy
close encounters
attrition
(weeping goes on continuously)
emergent patterns
spin-a-rama
pure evil
val-n-tine
cramped
fancypants
the guidelines
die trying
exhilaration
The great list of N+ XBLA Level Pack 3 Level Names
NOTE: Original N episode and level numbers appear in parenthesis following the level name.

-- SP --
get down (20-0)
the long way (4-3)
unfinished business (91-1)
superliminal (11-4)
delicate (30-0)
all about thwumps (0-2)
boo-urns (60-0)
you'll die if you try (12-3)
the incredible lightness of being frustrated (74-0)
evac (21-3)
hold it (10-1)
n-tropy (31-4)
picturesque (15-3)
rocket arena (7-4)
the long and winding road that leads to your death (97-0)
mux (71-0)
oldschool like aztecs but new in other aspects (61-4)
pokeyman (73-3)
step lightly (7-1)
cave-man jimmy (50-2)
whomping (62-4)
sphere of existence (63-1)
serenity now (75-3)
blastphemy (91-4)
trench run (5-0)
longjump (10-0)
dicey (41-2)
strugs (61-0)
bang (95-0)
pylon (94-2)
think different (52-3)
subterranean homesick golds (90-2)
breathing room (30-2)
dilated (58-1)
solaar (71-4)
sands of time (50-3)
constellation (70-2)
gattaca (56-0)
misstep (58-2)
lucy in the sky (18-1)
self-inflicted (90-0)
electric avenue (42-1)
lax A (64-0)
extremely cross (90-4)
squared (62-3)
leap of faith (25-2)
telemetry (72-2)
zappa (60-3)
the lowest highest point (51-4)
grand prix (95-1)
room full of gold (4-0)
fifth column (93-1)
hampered (70-0)
fool's gold (14-2)
sumo (22-2)
who's sick of thwumps? (2-2)
mount nermal (62-0)
nautilus (65-2)
gazizza my dilsnoofus (96-3)
hunted redux (32-0)
the spoon doesn't even exist (60-2)
pop quiz, hotshot (71-1)
evolve (43-1)
factory (4-1)
concealed (74-1)
superliminal 5 (57-1)
crypt (15-2)
workshop (77-2)
chambre (62-1)
bifurcation (75-4)
jinx malloy (91-3)
docking mechanism (56-2)
easier than pie (44-2)
shelled (64-2)
back and forth (96-4)
zeb rah (90-1)
deku (20-2)
lax B (67-0)
artifact 2 (6-0)
system shock (66-2)
acrophobe (13-0)
spite (50-4)
righty tighty, lefty loosey (92-4)
cognition (68-1)
flying circus (67-3)
tooth skin (45-2)
hunted (7-2)
grudge match (41-4)
scamper (63-3)
explosivo (99-1)
cavern (1-0)
ender (53-1)
assembly line (38-2)
crampon (68-3)
it is a most elusive fish (98-3)
ingress (94-0)
platitude (60-4)
rough around the edges (94-4)
longest yard (17-3)
cubish (37-3)
n-trapment (65-0)
descent (20-3)
tricksy (69-0)
below the root (92-0)
isthmus (27-0)
eruptive (43-0)
the pit and the n-dulum (93-3)
enclave (77-1)
phase IV (67-1)
hanger (17-4)
smismar (67-2)
mo' mentum (98-1)
rage-ohol (48-4)
professor bojangles, esquire (95-4)
for the love of gold (55-4)
rob n hood (43-4)
junction (68-2)
dance (48-0)
slurmy slonka (92-3)
quad damage (19-4)
phase II (6-1)
elementary nguin (93-4)
mazemerizing (32-3)
elevator to heck (99-0)
daredevil (48-1)
comms (63-2)
unsuperimpossible (23-0)
superliminal 4 (44-4)
fugitive (34-4)
ruined (53-4)
breen district (78-3)
sawtooth (41-1)
artifact (8-2)
highdive (55-1)
the ringer (55-0)
escarpment (72-0)
curvaceous (4-4)
dodgem (9-2)
piqued (79-1)
planding makes plerfect (36-3)
the clamps (76-4)
therapists (77-4)
slitherin (78-4)
cagey (49-3)
lab (23-2)
deathtrap (55-2)
agonizing (27-4)
pit of despair (18-2)
scrumtrulescent (59-1)
fury (49-4)

-- CO-OP --
wtf?! (59-0)
tunnels (22-0)
cache (17-2)
superliminal 2 (19-0)
artifact 3 (15-0)
chickeny (61-1)
said skills (47-2)
desolated (46-2)
pathmatics (22-4)
blern! (45-0)
cushy job (34-0)
your wit is a hindrance (44-3)
systematic (79-3)
skeksis (45-4)
manimal lust (45-3)
blame yourself (42-4)
beach head (79-4)
stalag might (51-3)
pac-ninja (5-3)
claustro (26-1)
the many (76-3)
disembark (53-3)
hounds (29-1)
daunting (47-4)
fallout (37-1)
balcon (10-4)
interdictor (38-0)
plus mine-s (96-0)
chamber of sneakrets (73-2)
chomplor (54-1)
data base (36-1)
deliverator (39-1)
sanctum (49-1)
kessel (54-4)
mainframe (07-3)
prismatic bezel (39-0)
iron clad _what_ of steel?! (54-3)
zenith (74-4)
aux terminal (25-1)
hazardous (58-4)
stem (94-1)
crabbed and claw-like (39-2)
carbonite (64-4)
veenamos snikes (33-3)
scaffold (57-4)
stratego (33-2)
crag (35-0)
primary reactor (71-3)
reticle (44-1)
bomb shelter (29-3)

-- RACE --
square stairs (02-0)
the gauntlet (06-4)
vertworld (07-0)
don't look down (10-2)
jag (30-4)
pride cometh (65-1)
choose your own (23-3)
rocket run (25-3)
cliffhanger (13-2)
viaduct (24-2)
bamboo forest (5-1)
twitch city (72-1)
frisk (69-3)
frogger (11-0)
revolute (14-0)
stress test 2 (58-3)
craterrrific (78-1)
conniption fit (66-4)
n-key kong (97-1)
superliminal 6 (97-4)
stress test 1
mine-ox (40-3)
acrimony (74-3)
pillory (52-2)
sibilant S (67-4)
go for self (34-2)
superliminal 3 (35-3)
neural net (36-0)
secondary relay (57-0)
plateau (41-0)
multipath (32-4)
np complete (36-2)
ternary (38-3)
stronghold (57-3)
thwump you very much (99-4)
the enrage-o-tron (59-2)
around the world in 80 ways (73-0)
paroxysm (68-4)
the two towers (14-3)
the jaws of death (99-3)
spitfire (77-0)
fodder (78-2)
persnickety (73-4)
quantum n-tanglement (98-4)
n-ervous breakdown (59-4)
unsafe at any speed (98-2)
the death aquatic (93-0)
baldercrud (92-2)
lest is more (94-3)
slippery trip hazard (69-4)